How to sew the hip sack

Today’s handcrafted goods is “hip sack".

hip sack

Materials

Outer body fabrics, 18cm by 17cm are 2 pieces. (Seam allowances are included, attach interfacing)

outer fabrics
attach interfacing

Fusible interfacing gives fabric firmness, and keeps shape of hip sack.

Inner body fabrics, 17.5cm by 16.5cm are 2 pieces. (Seam allowances are included)

inner fabrics

Flap fabrics, 21cm by 13cm are 2 pieces. (Seam allowances are included. Attach interfacing to camouflage fabric.)

flap fabrics

Acrylic webbing, 2.5cm by 6cm is 1 piece. 2.5cm by 9cm is 1 piece.

acrylic webbing

Velcro tapes (hook and loop fastener), 2cm by 5cm.

velcro tapes

Make flap

1. Sew the right side of brown fabric and velcro tape (loops) together.

place the velcro tape
sew the fabric and velcro tape

2. Fold the 6cm acrylic webbing in half. Then baste the camouflage fabric and acrylic webbing together.

place the acrylic webbing
baste the fabric and acrylic webbing

3. Lay the brown and camouflage fabrics with right side, and sew the side and bottom.

sew the side and bottom

4. Cut off extra seams, and turn inside out.

cut off extra seams
turn inside out

5. Stitch the edge.

stitch

Make sack body (outer)

1. Sew the outer fabric-A and velcro tape (hooks) together. Sew the outer fabric-B and acrylic webbing (9cm, fold in half) together.

sew

2. Lay the outer fabrics with right side, and sew the side and bottom.

sew the side and bottom

3. Cut off extra cloth, and press seam allowances open. Then make gusset, and sew.

cut off extra cloth
make outer gusset
sew the gusset
outer sack

4. Cut the extra seam allowances.

cut the extra seam allowances

5. Sew the outer sack body and flap together.

sew the outer and flap

Make sack body (inner)

1. Lay the inner fabrics with right side, and sew the side and bottom.

sew the side and bottom

2. Cut off extra cloth, and press seam allowances open. Then make gusset, and sew.

cut off extra cloth
make inner gusset
sew the gusset
inner sack

3. Cut the extra seam allowances.

cut the extra seam allowances

Sew the outer and inner together

1. Insert the inner sack into the outer sack, with right side together. Then sew around. (Leaving 7cm open for turning.)

sew around

2. Press seam allowances open. Then turn inside out, and iron.

turn inside out
iron

3. Stitch the edge of sack mouth. It’s done.

stitch
hip sack

Making movie is the following.

How to sew the hip sack – YouTube